"echo sounding" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: echo soundings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} echo sounding (plural echo soundings)
  1. The technique of using reflected pulses of sound to determine depth or the location of objects (or fish) under water. Related terms: echo sounder, sonar, echolocation Translations (Translations): échosondage [masculine] (French), Echolot [neuter] (German), ecoscandaglio [masculine] (Italian), ekolodning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-echo_sounding-en-noun-VB4nK82n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 93 7
  2. A particular measurement made using this technique.
    Sense id: en-echo_sounding-en-noun-ocikiFvZ

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